My daughter will be writing her first book report this month and I intend to teach her correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. I plan on being fairly tough (not this time) because I always tell her I have to prepare her for college and they won't be easy on her.

I haven't figured out any grading system, but I'm sure ill find something that works for us

She would swipe my college writing text on me last year so shes pretty good at essays. Only had her do 200 words this time but think I can easily bump that up for her. She has all the basics even had a cover page, work cited page ,and header all in APA format

Quoting abuckalew:

My daughter will be writing her first book report this month and I intend to teach her correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. I plan on being fairly tough (not this time) because I always tell her I have to prepare her for college and they won't be easy on her.

I haven't figured out any grading system, but I'm sure ill find something that works for us

I give the boys a rubric before they write the essay that tells them exactly what I will be grading. Usually I grade on spelling, grammar, and a selection of techniques that we are working toward. Then I use the rubric afterward to grade the essay.